changeset 80345:8e178f983411

*** empty log message ***
author Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
date Wed, 19 Mar 2008 04:11:38 +0000
parents d06bd8b20a4e
children abe8019db92f
files etc/NEWS
diffstat 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/etc/NEWS	Wed Mar 19 04:00:52 2008 +0000
+++ b/etc/NEWS	Wed Mar 19 04:11:38 2008 +0000
@@ -122,12 +122,17 @@
 `compilation-scroll-output' if you want to retain the scrolling.
 
 ** `font-lock-comment-face' no longer differs from the default on
-displays with fewer than 16 colors (e.g. older xterms and the Linux console).
-On such displays, only the comment delimiters will appear to be fontified
-(in the new face `font-lock-comment-delimiter-face').  To restore the
-old appearance, customize `font-lock-comment-face', or use a newer terminal
-emulator that supports more colors (256 is now common).  (This was new
-in Emacs 22.1, but was not described.)
+displays with fewer than 16 colors and dark background (e.g. older
+xterms and the Linux console).  On such displays, only the comment
+delimiters will appear to be fontified (in the new face
+`font-lock-comment-delimiter-face').  To restore the old appearance,
+customize `font-lock-comment-face', or use a newer terminal emulator
+that supports more colors (256 is now common).  For example for xterm
+compatible emulators you can run emacs like this: 
+env TERM=xterm-256color emacs -nw
+(This was new in Emacs 22.1, but was not described.  In Emacs 22.1
+this also happened for terminals with a light background, that is not
+the case anymore).
 
 * New Modes and Packages in Emacs 22.2